Office Prof. 2007 Academic Use (number of installs)

[in Technicolor®]

I see lots of conflicting information about how many installs one can do on
each version of Office software and am writing here to get some clarity.

I purchased Office Professional 2007 (for Academic Use) several weeks ago
and installed it on my computer, which we will call "A". My wife has just
purchased a new Vista laptop which came with the 60 day free trial of
Office. We will call the laptop "B". She also has a desktop which does not
have any Suite of programs of the Office nature. Let's call her desk top
"C".

Now, according to the packaging I am able to load this product on up to 3
personal computers for non commercial use. So, since it is already on A,
does that mean I can legally load it on B and C as well? If that is the
case, and let's say I have to replace the hard drive on A at sometime in
future, will I be able to reinstall it on the new hard drive?

Hope this wasn't too convoluted.

Thanks in advance.

 

[DL]

If the EULA allows use on 3 PC's then install it, having first removed any
trial, and rebooted

If anything fails then you simply reinstall & use phone activation if
neccessary

 

[Brian Tillman]

I purchased Office Professional 2007 (for Academic Use) several weeks
ago and installed it on my computer, which we will call "A". My wife
has just purchased a new Vista laptop which came with the 60 day free
trial of Office. We will call the laptop "B". She also has a
desktop which does not have any Suite of programs of the Office
nature. Let's call her desk top "C".

Now, according to the packaging I am able to load this product on up
to 3 personal computers for non commercial use.

Is that all it says? Often, academic licensing requires that all of the PCs
have as their primary user the licensee. Read the EULA carefully.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

There are two "academic" licenses - the true academic version which is only
for a desktop and a laptop used by the same person (this is the same on most
retail versions). The "student and home" version can be installed on 3
computers within the home. The only restriction is noncommercial use.



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